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We survived our first Holiday Season!!! And guess what, it was SO fun, SO busy, SO successful and SO stressful all at once. We are so grateful, exhausted and happy. Thank you to all who ordered from us this holiday season – we hope you and the recipients of the...

Women Growing Empires is a business support and networking group for women-owned businesses. They just put out their gift guide where you’ll find our Gourmet Food Gift Baskets along with many other great gifts for the upcoming holiday season. Whether you’re looking for foodie gifts, gifts to grow your business...

We are pretty excited to be featured in the Moms at Work Guide Guide this year! This guide was prepared by Allison Venditti, Career Coach, HR Expert, Pay transparency advocate from https://careerlove.ca and features some of her favourite small, local businesses. Now, more than ever we need to shop local...

Well, it’s been quite the week with the US presidential election, but can we all just take a moment to appreciate how amazing it is that the Vice President of the United States is a woman of colour! Amazing. 2021 is already looking up. While it’s been unseasonably warm in...

Need a special & unique gift created? Contact us today to customize a basket. Did you know we make custom gift baskets? We’ve been doing a lot more of these this week. Some ideas to get you thinking: – Jigsaw puzzle, soups and cookies for someone who broke their leg–...

(yes we know it isn’t even Halloween, but stay with us) Shipping is going to be super busy this year so parcels should be shipped early to ensure they arrive on time.  note: for GTA shipments we do work with a local courier company for next day shipments but we have been...

We’ve been speaking to dozens of corporate customers about their client appreciation gifting needs this holiday season and we have identified three approaches to corporate gift giving this year: Going Big: these companies are going all out and spending additional funds on their client appreciation (and staff) gifts. They are sending...

Well we made it through the Spring and Summer with COVID-related lockdowns and closures.  Finally at the end of summer things seemed to be getting better.  Sadly, just as the Fall air arrived the cases started ticking up and now across the country select businesses are closed again.   I don’t know about you guys...

UPDATED October 19th -> Ontario’s Chief Medical officer has said no trick or treating this year for Halloween. Here’s a list of some additional fun and safe ways to celebrate check out this list below: Wear a costume for the day at home Bake and decorate Halloween treats at home...

I think it’s inevitable that Thanksgiving is going to look a little different this year for many families. Today in Ontario we saw a record of over 700 new COVID-19 cases and many provinces are confirmed to be in their second wave of the virus. With increasing restrictions coming and...

As we’re just about the kick off the August Long Weekend it seemed like a great time to mention that we have are now thrilled to offer three BBQ baskets.  All baskets are packed in our popular wooden tote which is the perfect size to re-use for storing condiments, beer,...

It’s the end of week 12 of social distancing in Toronto; which means it’s also been about 12 weeks since I formally incorporated Caribou Gifts Inc. It’s been a crazy few months, but I know my family is incredibly lucky to be healthy, able to stay home and continue to...

Father’s Day is quickly approaching, as is the first day of summer and the end of school! For Father’s Day, I wanted to create the perfect gift every Dad will enjoy. Finding gifts for guys is often super challenging especially ones they actually like and will use. Food is almost...

We got some new family photos taken from a safe distance.  We didn’t spend a lot of time preparing for them or planning matching outfits.  The whole thing took about 12 minutes.  They aren’t perfect but I love them.  I think they document this time really well and show how...

It’s a crazy time all over the world right now as we finish up week 6 of social distancing due to the global pandemic Covid-19. For many people anxiety and emotions are running high. Kids are home from daycare and schools and struggling to understand what’s going on; parents are...